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Originally Posted by Fruitbat
Saya How much longer do you have in your degree? I'd register for it and another class, maybe go chat to the lecturer and see how many people drop out of the class in the first few weeks, maybe you can slip into a place.
If you have a few more bites at the Mandarin cherry, I'd hold off doing another languages course, until I had to absolutely choose a languages class. Hold out for Mandarin, then take another class if you absolutely have to.
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I got probably two years left, maybe less. I'm reviewing the demands for the major program and it looks like I don't *have* to take another language (I already did Japanese) but if I go into grad school some schools want you to have a head start on a language. Which sucks, Mandarin and Japanese are the only non European language you can learn at my school and there's only like two semesters to Mandarin. And Mandarin is the only living language connected to Religious Studies, not a whole lot of people speaking biblical Hebrew or ancient Greek anymore.
BUT ideally I'd learn how to read the Bible in its original languages, which would be awesome for internet arguments!
There's also a Muslim student association here that offers free Arabic classes, but I'd have to do it in my spare time on top of my classes. I'll look into it I suppose.